Experience
HOK
2018-PresentSoftware Developer (Design Technology)
Member of the firmwide design technology development team to automate design, documentation, and administration processes into applications and deploy for large scale use across the firm.
- Develop new web and desktop based tools for broad and narrow design and documentation processes
- Manage HOK's open-source Revit add-ins and web-based BIM health dashboard, Mission Control
- Collaborate with project teams, market sector leaders, and IT software developers
BNIM
2015-2018Architectural Technology Specialist
Worked alongside and assisted project teams design and data management, focusing research efforts in visualization, environmental analysis, and computation.
- Developed web-based applications, dashboards, and scripts for project teams and firm management
- Conducted specialized processes for projects including daylight analysis, high-quality rendering, Grasshopper/Dynamo script creation
- Worked on design projects while pursing licensure, especially on projects requiring complex modeling or computation
Architectural Resource
2013-2014Project Designer
Residential design with a focus on high-performance renovations and new construction.
- Responsible for all aspects of a project, including schematic design, BIM modeling and rendering, and construction document production
- Learned principles of building science through detailing and specifying high-performance assemblies and conducting basic energy analysis from BIM models
- Worked on projects pursuing Passive House, LEED, and Living Building certification
Skills
Programming Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, C#/.NET, Python
Front-End Frameworks
React, Next.js, Vue, Angular
Data Analysis + Visualization Libraries
D3.js, Vega, Pandas + Numpy, PowerBI
Backend + Infrastructure
Node.js, ElasticSearch, Docker, Cloud Platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS)
Collaboration + Automation
Git, CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
Design Applications + APIs
Revit, Rhino + Grasshopper, Dynamo
Membership + Accolades
Registered Architect (Missouri)
2018-PresentAIA Kansas City Equity in Architecture Committee Co-Chair
2018-2020TT Core Studio AECTech Hackathon - Best Overall Hack
2019Using our own pre-trained CycleGAN model of building sketches + images, our team developed a web interface to start sketching (using p5.js) that sends the sketch image to a RunwayML web server, which generates a "rendered" version of the image and returns it to the user in the same page.
Team: Byron Mardas, Sounok Sarkar, Marios Tsiliakos
ACADIA Hackathon Winner
2015Used Grasshopper C# nodes with Flux.io to send arbitrary Grasshopper nodes to a remote machine, compute the result, and return it to the user's machine.
Partner: Ramon van de Heijden
Education
Iowa State University
2008-2013Bachelor of Architecture
Architecture & Environmental Studies Double Major
Digital Media Minor